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Takehiro Murata (村田雄浩)
Our Happy Familyわが家は楽し 120min × 1ep After a long and dedicated career, Konosuke Hirayama looks forward to a peaceful retirement with his wife, Fumie. That is until he finds out that Fumie has a secret dream: she wants to open a book café, and she intends to use his retirement allowance to fund it, despite Konosuke’s strong disapproval. Fumie’s concerted efforts to persuade him fall flat, and soon, other family members begin to worry about the future of the elderly couple. Just when things seem uncertain, an unexpected event turns everything upside down. A School Behind Bars塀の中の中学校 담장안의 중학교 監獄裡的中學 150 min x 1 ep｜1 episode Although Junpei is aiming to become a professional photographer, he has just completed a five-year teaching post at a reform school. His next assignment is deputy homeroom teacher at a prison school. Junpei will be working alongside senior teacher, Miyake. The students of the prison school are all convicted felons. Those who have not yet finished compulsory education but show the will to learn and have a clean slate of behavior in prison are the conditions for admission to the school. However, the screening process is strict, and only those judged worthy by the admissions committee are permitted to take 14 subjects and study for seven hours a day. The students are something of a motley crew and this drama traces not only their rocky path to graduation but also how Junpei grows through coming into contact with them. The Misery of Others is as Sweet as Honeyひとの不幸は蜜の味 남의 불행은 꿀맛 看人不幸的好滋味 60 min. x 11 eps.｜11 episodes A woman cartoonist struggles to make her way in the face of social restrictions. Her home office is the setting for encounters with editors, assistants and even her mother-in-law, and it’s often hard to distinguish friend from foe. Yet her ability to deal with problems somehow makes our own difficulties more bearable. |
